From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2001-12-07T00:18:45+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27690] Re: Controlling the error messages of eval.

>>>>> "P" == Phlip  <phlip_cpp@yahoo.com> writes:

P> 'rescue' is really 'rescue Exception', and Exception is not the root 
P> throwable.

 No, 'rescue' is 'rescue StandardError'

 and Exception is the root throwable

    rb_eException   = rb_define_class("Exception", rb_cObject);
[...]
    rb_eSystemExit  = rb_define_class("SystemExit", rb_eException);
    rb_eFatal       = rb_define_class("fatal", rb_eException);
[...]


Guy Decoux